Feature-length narrative projects (in locked screenplay, draft, treatment, or outline status) with themes involving, but NOT limited to, Asian Pacific American and/or Asian Pacific diasporic culture, history and experiences. Works eligible for this category MUST be feature-length, and MUST have as its directors or writer a person of Asian Pacific descent.

Feature-length narrative projects (in locked screenplay, draft, treatment, or outline status) with themes involving, but NOT limited to, Asian Pacific American and/or Asian Pacific diasporic culture, history and experiences. Works eligible for this category MUST be conceived for television or related broadcast medium, and MUST have as its director or writer a person of Asian Pacific descent.

MISSION & OBJECTIVE
Project Catalyst serves as a launchpad for television and film creatives of Asian descent to showcase their narrative projects to Financiers, Producers, Production Companies, Artists, Agents, Managers and Industry Executives.

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
OVERVIEW
Project Catalyst will be held at the Directors Guild of America, May 3 – 4, 2014, during the 2014 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. Project Catalyst serves as a launchpad for television and film creatives of Asian descent to showcase their narrative projects to Financiers, Producers, Production Companies, Artists, Agents, Managers and Industry Executives. Project Catalyst also invites many television industry execs who are looking to connect with new voices and storytellers seeking to make the crossover to create serialized and episodic television.

Over the course of two days during last year’s Project Catalyst, filmmakers, combined, had over 160 meetings and numerous networking engagements, enabling them with the contacts, information and confidence they need to make their projects. Each meeting is pre-chosen by each Industry Participant to discuss their production, fine-tune their pitch, and/or to make a connection with the industry. An esteemed jury comprised of Susan Jin Davis (SVP Strategic Services, Comcast), Gloria Fan (VP Film Production & Development, Mosaic Media), Brian Tee (actor/producer, THE WOLVERINE, THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT), and Alan Yang (writer/supervising producer, PARKS AND RECREATION) awarded the Jury Prize to Soham Mehta and Rajiv Shah for their film RUN THE TIDE for which they also received $2,500 and $75,000 in post-production services courtesy of Tunnel Post. Honorable Mention was awarded to Viet Nguyen and Chris Dinh for their television spec script of NEW GIRL.

SELECTION
Up to ten narrative creatives will be chosen for Project Catalyst. In addition to participating in the panels, a pitch session with the Jury and one-on-one industry meetings, Selectees will have the opportunity to meet with Industry Participants from the new media and interactive world, looking for distinct and new voices.

For the 2014 Project Catalyst our aim is to find unique and visionary film and television stories, including high-concept, experimental and genre narratives of any budgetary range.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:

You will be creating a Script Project form specific to this competition. To create your Script project please select the “Add a Project” link from the left-side navigation on your Withoutabox account homepage and select the script option. Once you have created and titled the project, hit the save option and then select the Account Home link from the left side navigation. Please do NOT upload the requested PDF file until after you have made your submission and received the confirmation page, as you will need to include your Withoutabox tracking number. You will not receive the tracking number until the submission has been made. To submit, select Project Catalyst from the “Call for Scripts” apply menu located in the right side bar of your Withoutabox account homepage and follow the prompts.

• A letter of intent (no more than 1 page) describing yourself, your project and how Project Catalyst will be helpful for you.

• For Film category: A treatment and/or feature-length screenplay, with the title page clearly labeled with your Withoutabox tracking number. The tracking number will be displayed on your submission confirmation page. You can access the submission confirmation page at any time through the Submission Status section, located in the left-side navigation of your Withoutabox account.

• For Television category: A completed half-hour or hour original pilot script (SPEC scripts will not be accepted), with the title page clearly labeled with your Withoutabox tracking number. The tracking number will be displayed on your submission confirmation page. You can access the submission confirmation page at any time through the Submission Status section, located in the left-side navigation of your Withoutabox account.

• A budget top sheet or summary that breaks down the total funding needed for the Film, and reflects any other money that has already been secured. Teleplay entries do not require a budget.

• Bios and contact information for key filmmaker(s)/applicant(s), and producer if one is attached to the project. The director and/or writer attached to the project must be of Asian Pacific descent. Additionally, applicants must be at least 18 years old.

In addition, please mail a DVD of the submitter’s prior work.

• A DVD of Applicant’s prior work (examples of prior work include a webisode, short film, feature film, music video, commercial, TV show, etc.), wherein Applicant was either the writer of director. DO NOT provide reels or more than one sample work. DVD must be clearly labeled with Withoutabox.com submission I.D. number, project title, sample work’s title and run time, Applicant’s name, contact information, and credit.

GENERAL RULES
Submissions for Project Catalyst are composed of two separate elements — an online component consisting of a single document comprising a letter of intent; a treatment and/or feature-length screenplay or pilot script; a budget top sheet; and bio(s) of project director, screenwriter, and/or producer if one is attached; and a hard-copy component comprising a DVD of Applicant's prior work.

Additionally, headshots of project team members are required, as per the specs below.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:

You will be creating a Script Project form specific to this competition. To create your Script project please select the “Add a Project” link from the left-side navigation on your Withoutabox account homepage and select the script option. Once you have created and titled the project, hit the save option and then select the Account Home link from the left side navigation. Please do NOT upload the requested PDF file until after you have made your submission and received the confirmation page, as you will need to include your Withoutabox tracking number. You will not receive the tracking number until the submission has been made. To submit, select Project Catalyst from the “Call for Scripts” apply menu located in the right side bar of your Withoutabox account homepage and follow the prompts.

• A letter of intent (no more than 1 page) describing yourself, your project and how Project Catalyst will be helpful for you.

• For Film category: A treatment and/or feature-length screenplay, with the title page clearly labeled with your Withoutabox tracking number. The tracking number will be displayed on your submission confirmation page. You can access the submission confirmation page at any time through the Submission Status section, located in the left-side navigation of your Withoutabox account.

• For Television category: A completed half-hour or hour original pilot script (SPEC scripts will not be accepted), with the title page clearly labeled with your Withoutabox tracking number. The tracking number will be displayed on your submission confirmation page. You can access the submission confirmation page at any time through the Submission Status section, located in the left-side navigation of your Withoutabox account.

• A budget top sheet or summary that breaks down the total funding needed for the Film, and reflects any other money that has already been secured. Teleplay entries do not require a budget.

• Bios and contact information for key filmmaker(s)/applicant(s), and producer if one is attached to the project. The director and/or writer attached to the project must be of Asian Pacific descent. Additionally, applicants must be at least 18 years old.

In addition, please mail a DVD of the submitter’s prior work.

• A DVD of Applicant’s prior work (examples of prior work include a webisode, short film, feature film, music video, commercial, TV show, etc.), wherein Applicant was either the writer of director. DO NOT provide reels or more than one sample work. DVD must be clearly labeled with Withoutabox.com submission I.D. number, project title, sample work’s title and run time, Applicant’s name, contact information, and credit.

Entries will not be considered complete until all of the materials are received. All hardcopy submission materials must have the Withoutabox.com submission I.D. number written on each item and must be RECEIVED (NOT postmarked) by the entry deadline dates.

Visual Communications will make every effort to safeguard the materials submitted; however VC will not be responsible for lost or stolen submissions. Submissions will not be returned.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

To qualify for Project Catalyst, entrants must comply with ALL of the Rules and Eligibility Requirements. Failure to comply with these rules will render a submission ineligible.
Beginning this year, Project Catalyst submissions can now be submitted via Withoutabox.com. This is in keeping with our ongoing efforts to encourage a more paperless submissions policy. For ease and accuracy of online submission, submit your project to Project Catalyst via The International Film Festival Submission System (BrigitFest) – on the Web at Withoutabox.com.
Members who choose to upgrade their project on Withoutabox also get $5.00 off their Entry Fees.
Entries will not be considered complete until all of the materials are received. Please refer to the Filmmaker Checklist above. All hardcopy submission materials must have the Withoutabox.com submission I.D. number written on each item and must be RECEIVED (NOT postmarked) by the entry deadline dates.
Visual Communications will make every effort to safe-guard the materials submitted; however VC will not be responsible for lost or stolen submissions. Submissions will not be returned.